Both teams play attacking football and Bemerton made some good early chances - a lob of the keeper hit the bar and a shot was cleared off the line after beating the keeper. It wasn't a surprise to see Bemerton take the lead on 22 minutes - a cross from the left was tapped in from short range.
Brading thought they had equalised in the 36th minute but the assistant referee had already flagged for offside. Bemerton limited Brading's chances but were unable to make the most of their pressure before halftime.
The second half started in a similar fashion with plenty of goalmouth action. Brading had a chance to score when the keeper was beaten in the penalty area but the open goal was well defended when a Bemerton player slid in to clear the ball at the last minute.
Brading had brought a few fans over from the Island and they seemed more vocal in the second half - possibly due to a couple of halftime pints but also because their team was getting back into the game. One shot flew past the post with the keeper beaten and on 71 minutes their no 9 cut in from the right and his shot flew straight into the bottom right of the goal to equalise.
It was all Brading now and they were streaming forward to look for a winner - perhaps a bit too much as they were caught offside a couple of times - one of the chances was certainly onside but a silly reaction saw the player booked. No goals came and they ended up putting pressure on themselves as a passback to the keeper looked as if it was picked up, even though he was under no pressure from Bemerton players. The indirect freekick was wasted though as it was smashed into the wall.
We wondered if another goal would come as the last 10 minutes was end to end and we lost count of the corners but the game finished 1.1 - an entertaining draw.
